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Now that 33% of the professional football schedule finished, franchises are beginning to reveal their real potential

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts achieved status as the initial franchises to achieve five victories as they persisted with their remarkable starts to the schedule

The Seattle Seahawks and New England are appearing as contenders, while The Steelers are seeming established in the American Football Conference North

The season appears over now for an important preseason Super Bowl favourites the Ravens, but might only be beginning for Kansas City

Baker Mayfield Earns Most Valuable Player Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That's what Tampa Bay faithful were yelling following one more dynamic performance from their field general in a 30-19 victory versus the San Francisco 49ers

The quarterback is the key reason the Tampa Bay are with five wins and he directed from the front once more, passing a pair of TDs and producing every crucial play - including an remarkable crucial situation carry when he powered by multiple defenders to get a essential first down

He demonstrates a ability that you can't teach or coach

Mayfield's crucial plays had led to all four previous victories coming in the dying moments - the more definitive manner during the weekend further boosted his increasing Most Valuable Player claims

The Colts quarterback is a similar redemption narrative in Indianapolis after the Colts defeated the The Cardinals to go to five victories - their finest start since 2009

Running back the Colts RB is the additional star of the Indianapolis's remarkable start, but Jones creates important actions at the correct moment - achieving two aerial scores and an additional rushing on Sunday

Certainly Regarding This - The Patriots Are Back

Being a New England field general comes with a particular pressure because of the former Patriot, but through Drake Maye they might at last have their future face of the franchise

Following merely his second season, the quarterback seems poised in the protection and is unafraid to throw the football downfield - delivering touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and seeing a 61-yard pass nullified by a violation in Sunday's success at the New Orleans Saints

He's just the next quarterback younger than 24 to produce five in a row contests with over 200 passing gains and a passer rating of 100 or higher

The previous duo featuring a primetime victory in versus Buffalo followed by, in the intense sound of the Saints' home, illustrate the explanation for Patriots supporters are getting enthusiastic that - with new head coach Vrabel - they could be back in business

The Seattle Seahawks matched the New England on four wins as they achieved their ninth in a row away contest - an impressive 20-12 win at the Jacksonville

The quarterback is proving the prior campaign's resurgence in with the Vikings was not accidental and he utilizes a premier receivers in the sport in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who made eight receptions for 163 total yards and a TD in Florida

The Steelers' Postseason Route Becomes Clear

The Pittsburgh Steelers progressed to four wins with a 22nd consecutive straight at home success versus the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they look to have an favorable opportunity to the play-offs at present in a softer division

Typically among the most difficult divisions in the league but the quarterback's four-win Pittsburgh look in complete dominance, with their opponents each flagging

Cleveland have just one win and a constantly unsettled quarterback scenario, while the Baltimore Ravens seem done for subsequent to a seventeen to three at home setback by The Rams lowered them to one and five

Just four clubs in NFL the annals have made the play-offs subsequent to a single victory opening and, as the quarterback heading an all-star injured reserve, the team will not be including to that record

Cincinnati fell 18-27 in against the Packers to drop to two wins, with 40-year-old Flacco hardly a like-for-like stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|